thank you for that nice charming intro: “I needed an “N” picture and just yesterday it rained like crazy AND I was sick AND the hubs was out of town and I found myself in need of these little ninjas once again. I lost it and they carried me…”
P.S.: don’t continue to be sick … (but I have to; nevertheless I’m glad about every day, I still can manage to write a little post)

Oh,Frizz! Was this picture of New York taken before 09/11/2001? It MUST have been, because I am certain I see the Twin Towers! What a way to meet the “N” photo challenge! Such a picture of my daughter and son-in-law’s home city!

at first I learned English in Germany via US pop music in the fifties broadcasted by military stations in Berlin and Frankfurt. So beg your pardon, reading CAROL, Paul Anka and Neil Sedaka came in my mind: in our first dancing lessons we learned to move to “Oh, CAROL …”

… the National World War II Memorial, where you busy set up the tripod for some long exposures that captured the fountains with a reflection of the Washington Monument: thank you for this Tricia! For sure only possible with a tripod! The tall Obelisk – is that WW II memorial?

I was about to go out this morning Frizztext, so didn’t get around to asking about the photo of NY. I see you’ve answered my questions above :-) I guess you’re saving the photo of the helicpoter for an ‘H’ in the future ;-)

and dear cocomino in Japan,
you know the Netherlands have many weeks holidays every year (not so in Japan), everyone has a job, no one must work some hours daily longer without getting paid etc. Compare the conditions of the workers in the following song NORTH TO ALASKA by Johnny Horton:

and how about another song with “N”?
NEW YORK by Liza Minelli?
or by Paul Simon?
or NORWEGIAN WOOD by THE BEATLES?
NUAGES by Django Reinhardt (all on youtube)
+
myself on guitar:
“Nobody knows you, when you’re down and out”
(there’s a better, more charming version by Carla Bruni, the wife of French President Sarkozy on youtube)